{"id":94428,"date":"2026-04-26T07:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=94428"},"modified":"2026-04-26T07:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:45:11","slug":"daniel-pienaar-and-hudson-park-draw-hts-drostdy-overwhelms-st-stithians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=94428","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Pienaar and Hudson Park draw, HTS Drostdy overwhelms St Stithians"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dale College picked up a sixth win of the season on Saturday. Photo: Dale College on Instagram.<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Playing on the Pollock Field<\/strong> at the Grey High Rugby Festival<\/strong> on Saturday, HTS Daniel Pienaar<\/strong> drew with Hudson Park High<\/strong> in a match that should have seen a winner.<\/p>\n

Daniel Pienaar looked the better side for the first three quarters of the game, and led 34-17 after 45 minutes. Hudson Park, though, responded with three unanswered tries to snatch a 34-34 draw.<\/p>\n

The try count favoured the KuGompo City school six to four, but their goal-kicking was not as good as that of their opponents.<\/p>\n

Right-wing Cwenga Bityo<\/strong> scored two tries and added two conversions for Hudson, while left-wing Bubuqaqawuli Mzamo <\/strong>also crossed for two tries as the boys in red and white did a good job of getting the ball out wide.<\/p>\n

Daniel Pienaar took a more direct route to the try line. Stiaan Coertze, their no. 8, dotted down twice off the back of a rolling maul and a scrum.<\/p>\n

HTS Drostdy<\/strong> turned up the heat and rocked St Stithians, powering their way to a 74-0 victory.<\/p>\n

Right-wing Tristan Syster<\/strong> made hay, scoring four tries, which was unmatched on the day, while Donkies<\/strong><\/em>‘ no. 8, Siya Lahlelike<\/strong>, bagged a brace.<\/p>\n

Saints <\/strong><\/em>will have some homework to do ahead of their Monday meeting with Kingswood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Scrumhalf Lukho Mzingaye<\/strong> and left wing Yamkela Molose<\/strong> both scored twice in Dale College’s<\/strong> 32-17 victory over Pearson High<\/strong>. Dale led\u00a022-5 at halftime, but Pearson High punched back in a more evenly contested second half.<\/p>\n

Replacement prop Nathan Heyns<\/strong> used his burly physique to power over the line for Pearson, while Lili Giyose<\/strong> and Sebastian Playdon<\/strong> used their speed to dot down on the left and right wings, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Qonce locals had, however, done enough to record their sixth win of the season. They’ll try to make it seven on Monday against Muir College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Scorers<\/strong><\/p>\n

HTS Daniel Pienaar 34 (17) –<\/strong> Tries Stiaan Coertze (2), Zinzile Mtotywa (2). Conversions: Corbelle Claasen (4). Penalties: Claasen (2). Hudson Park High 34 (12) –<\/strong> Tries: Cwenga Bityo (2), Bubuqaqawuli Mzamo (2), Likho Gidi, Zizibele Mthangwana. Conversions: Bityo (2).<\/p>\n

HTS Drostdy 74 (43) –<\/strong> Tries: Tristan Syster (4), Siya Lahlikile (2), Joniel Claasen, Jean Louis Matthee, Zayden Roman, Anwill Jacobs, Werno Ramshauer, Darren Makeza. Conversions: Ruan Nortje (4), Jano van Deventer (3). St Stithians College 0.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dale College 32 (22) –<\/strong> Tries: Yamakela Molose (2), Lukho Mzingaye (2), Ulikhaya Stuurman. Conversions: Sonwabise Dyani (2). Penalty: Dyani. Pearson High 17 (5) –<\/strong> Tries: Lili Giyose, Nathan Heyns, Sebastian Playdon. Conversion: Keano Beling.<\/p>\n

Mzwandile Mali XV 42 (22) –<\/strong> N\/A. Muir College 34 (17) –<\/strong> N\/A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Playing on the Pollock Field at the Grey High Rugby Festival on Saturday, HTS Daniel Pienaar drew with Hudson Park High in a match that should have seen a winner. Daniel Pienaar looked the better side for the first three quarters of the game, and led 34-17 after 45 minutes. Hudson Park, though, responded with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":94430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}